I suppose if we couldn't laugh at things that don't make sense, we couldn't react to a lot of life.

Van Gogh would’ve sold more than one painting if he’d put tigers in them.

HOBBES: All this modern technology just makes people try to do everything at once.

But Calvin is no kind and loving god! He's one of the old gods! He demands sacrifice!

Girls are like slugs - they probably serve some purpose, but it's hard to imagine what.

Calvin: Sometimes when I'm talking, my words can't keep up with my thoughts. I wonder why we can think faster than we speak? Hobbes: Probably so we can think twice.

Like delicate lace, so the threads intertwine, oh, gossamer web of wond'rous design! Such beauty and grace wild nature produces... Ughh, look at that spider suck out that bug's juices!